Gatehouse Chambers undertakes a variety of complex and high profile professional negligence disputes across the legal, construction, property, insurance and financial sectors. Catherine Piercy KC acts for the external wall contractor in the Grenfell Tower litigation and is leading Helena White and Kort Egan. John de Waal KC represents the defendant solicitors in University for the Creative Arts v Eversheds Sutherland International, a solicitors claim which centres around the allegedly negligent operation of a break clause. Daniel Gatty represented the defendant in Trio Property Investment v The Foster Partnership Ltd, an action against a group of licensed conveyancers – at issue was if the limitation period continued to run against a company being wound up if the claim would be met out of the defendant’s insurance.
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Daniel specialises in disputes about property, with an emphasis on real property and commercial landlord and tenant. Daniel is also well known for his expertise in mortgages and secured lending. Daniel is known for his extensive knowledge of land registration law which is one of his strengths as a property litigator.
Daniel’s other work tends to involve property but less directly. For example he is often instructed in professional negligence claims relating to conveyancing and surveyors/valuers and in partnership actions where the assets of the partnership include land/properties.
In 2008 Daniel was appointed as a Deputy Adjudicator to HM Land Registry and since 2013 he has been a judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber, Land Registration).
Daniel is an experienced, ADR Group accredited mediator.
Career
Call: 1990
Memberships
- Property Bar Association (formerly Secretary)
- Chancery Bar Association
- Professional Negligence Bar Association
- London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
Education
- Manchester University, BA (Econ)Hons in Politics and Economics
- City University, Dip. Law
- Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber, Land Registration)
- ADR Group accredited mediator
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